Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) technology has been with us for quite a long time, and appears in everything from notebook computer displays to cell phones. Surprisingly however, they have not managed to take center stage in the desktop computing market despite their tiny size in comparison to traditional CRT monitors - mainly due to sky-high prices. With CRT displays costing less than 1/5th of a comparable LCD panel, this was certainly not surprising. What is surprising however, is that this situation is starting to improve. 15” LCD’s can often be found for about $500 US, and even some 17” panels are sneaking in under $1000 US.